He mentions that he participated in several WWE tryouts prior to receiving a contract. While he was at his fourth tryout he received some great advice from Shawn Michaels who told the class that, “No means not yet”. This advice really stuck with him, and he was able to successfully get signed on his following tryout.

Christian asks Elias who he’d love to compete against in WWE. Elias says he always wanted to work with Cena, and luckily he’s been able to make that happen over the last few months. Moving forward he’d love to work with Nakamura and Chris Jericho.
That sums up today’s episode of E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!